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Not putting it in neutral when stopped can contribute to failing your driving test in the U.K.
by pacaro 9y ago
Not putting it in neutral when stopped can contribute to failing your driving test in the U.K.
- rhapsodic 9y agoAside from reducing wear on the throwout bearing, what is the purpose?
- mirimir 9y agoNot having the car jerk forward if your foot slips off the clutch.
- joncrocks 9y agoWhich it may well do if you get rear-ended. One 'accident' can become two.
- AstralStorm 9y agoTechnically you're supposed to hold on brakes or a hand brake while idle, which makes both points moot. Especially important in clutchless cars or other auto transmissions. The brakes will hold a slipped clutch and a rear end. The clutch has an added benefit of you get rear ended and drop it - engine braking is a thing. Not good for the engine, potentially good for your forward bumper when you get reared.
- mirimir 9y ago> The clutch has an added benefit of you get rear ended and drop it - engine braking is a thing. There's no engine breaking when stopped, if the engine is running. I typically do keep my foot on the brake when stopped in traffic. And I do balance brakes, clutch and throttle when stopped on a hill. But except for stop-and-go traffic, or when getting ready to punch it, using the clutch and brakes together seems pointless.
- cardiffspaceman 9y agoSafety. If clutch could fail mechanically while your foot was on it and the consequence of the failure would be the same as your foot slipping off, then it is safer to shift to neutral. I was taught this when I owned a 1980 VW Scirocco and my informant owned a 1980 Rabbit (Golf).
- taneq 9y agoInteresting. In Australia you're required to keep it in 1st with the clutch in while at red lights.
- sk0g 9y agoFor the P plate tests maybe, but that'd depend on the state too. The way you phrased it makes me think of cops at lights just going around and aggressively throwing gear sticks into 1st.
- taneq 9y agoI was responding to a post which said: > Not putting it in neutral when stopped can contribute to failing your driving test in the U.K. So the context was specifically driving tests.